A virgin? Stars!
He’d never thought or cared about that, yet a small part of him was so fucking glad. Because now, she’d belonged only to him.
Nik shifted up to his knees and sat back, letting her straddle him again. A sharp gasp escaped her, her eyes widening as his cock slid deeper into her, her body flush with his.
“This way, you have more control, Starshine.”
He squeezed her hips, trailing open-mouthed kisses on her jaw and down to her chest, then he sucked on one nipple. Her hands fluttered to his shoulders, she rose on her knees, and he let go of her nipple, she sank back on his cock. Soon enough, she found her rhythm, destroying his mind. Hell, he grunted, pressing his mouth to her moving torso.
Then his gaze caressed her flushed face, her eyes bright with desire. Her movement grew more frantic as she chased after her orgasm. And he let her, his own arousal ramping up.
By the damn stars, the sensation of her feminine muscles clenching and releasing his cock garroted him by the balls. “Fuuuuck—” he groaned.
Her eyes glazed over, her nails biting into his shoulders. Her body quickened around his dick, squeezing him like a vise. He angled his hips, giving her the added friction against her clit. With a raspy cry, her nails dug into him as her release broke free.
Jaw clenched, and in a move as old as time, Nik gripped her hips and thrust harder, faster into her.
His orgasm shot lightning-fast down his spine, tightening his balls. A harsh groan tore free, crashing, splintering his mind and his thoughts. His entire being flooded with an intense, joyful light as warmth spread through him. It was as if he’d passed from one form into another—as if he’d left his old, cursed self behind and were reborn.
Chest heaving, he pressed his mouth to the rapidly beating pulse on her throat, sucking the visible sign of life, unable to stop touching her.
Shadow pushed back, her eyes glowing with all their gorgeous colors, revealing streaks of lavender now, too. “Wow. That…” she panted, a beautiful smile curving her kiss-swollen mouth, “…was amazing.”
Breathing hard, Nik huffed out a laugh and kissed her shoulder. She pressed her mouth to his cheek in a soft kiss, and his breath stuttered in his chest. Emotions crowded him, overwhelming him. For someone who’d been shoved from pantheon to pantheon as a child, never really wanted, and as an adult always alone, he’d finally found the one person who accepted him as he was, who soothed all the cold, barren places within him.
“Nik?”
At her quiet tone, his stomach tensed.
Heavens, not now. He couldn’t deal with her talking about leaving, not after this gut-churning intimacy…and him claiming her as his.
“I’ll stay.”
It took him several moments for her words to sink in, and a shuddering breath of relief escaped him. He simply nodded, too overcome to speak.
“But—”
“No buts, Shadow. This is it.” He didn’t want to hear about the crap still hanging over them. The universe knew it wasn’t going to disappear easily, like some bad dream.
And no damn spell his mother cast would get in his way. How he felt about Shadow, this connection with her, nothing else mattered. Nothing and no one.
Shadow shifted on his lap, and his semi-erect cock inside her hardened. Hell, he wanted her again, but she had to be sore. He pressed his lips to her brow and gently moved her away, his dick slipping free from her snug warmth. She grimaced.
Nik grabbed the towel he’d used earlier from the side of the bed and gently cleaned her.
“Wait-wait, I can do that.”
“So can I.”
Faint color seeped into her cheeks. She rolled her eyes, got hold of the towel end, and wiped his dick.
Nik snorted—but hell, her touch was stirring him damn bad. “Not helping there,moró.”
She laughed, the sound enfolding him like a hug.
He tossed the towel down and lay back, settling her in the crook of his arm. Her warm, feminine body aligned against his side. “You okay?”
She lifted those gorgeous eyes to him and smiled. “Yes…”
